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Live Blogging Mitt Romney's Address to Latino Leaders on the Economy
Live Blogging Mitt Romney's Address to Latino Leaders on the Economy
I'm watching Mitt Romney's address to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials live on CSPAN right now. He has really come out swinging hard at President Obama...UPDATE (9:31 ...
21 Jun, 2012
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Lunch News Tips: June 19, 2012
Lunch News Tips: June 19, 2012
Your Independent News Tips of the Day.POLITICO – Boehner Says Obama’s New Plan Will Make Immigration Deal UnlikelyThis morning Speaker Boehner said at the RNC headquarters that Obama’s new immigration ...
19 Jun, 2012
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Obama and Putin Discuss Relations at G-20 Meeting
Obama and Putin Discuss Relations at G-20 Meeting
President Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Los Cabos, Mexico for nearly two hours in a highly-anticipated sideline meeting during the G-20 summit meeting. The heads of state we ...
18 Jun, 2012
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Lunch News Tips: June 18, 2012
Lunch News Tips: June 18, 2012
Your Independent News Tips of the Day.Reuters – UN Syria Mission Going Poorly300 unarmed peacekeepers were discharged to Syria to see that the UN peace plan was implemented. Since, they have become th ...
18 Jun, 2012
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Rand Paul Says Endorsement of Romney Doesn't Change His Independent Stance on Issues
Rand Paul Says Endorsement of Romney Doesn't Change His Independent Stance on Issues
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) had to know his endorsement of former MA Governor and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney for president would upset many supporters of the Senator's father, TX Congressman and ...
15 Jun, 2012
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Lunch Tips: June 13, 2012
Lunch Tips: June 13, 2012
 The Hill – Rand Paul Fighting Domestic Drone SurveillanceThe Kentucky Senator has pushed the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act that would require the government to obtain a wa ...
13 Jun, 2012
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Libertarian Party Candidate Gary Johnson Has a Message for Voters With an Axe to Grind
Libertarian Party Candidate Gary Johnson Has a Message for Voters With an Axe to Grind
This weekend, former two-term Governor of New Mexico and Libertarian presidential candidate, Gary Johnson appeared on MSNBC’s Weekends with Alex Witt. Kicking off the segment with Johnson’s latest web ...
13 Jun, 2012
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Our Curiously Ineffective War on Drugs
Our Curiously Ineffective War on Drugs
The much ballyhooed war on drugs in the United States is a failure. Our prisons are filled with low level drug users but drug cartels hardly ever get broken up. Meth is a scourge, devastating families ...
12 Jun, 2012
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Independent Overview: CA Primary Preliminary Results
Independent Overview: CA Primary Preliminary Results
With 100% of precincts now reporting, it appears that California's first statewide test of its new top two open primary system did not result in higher levels of voter turnout, as had been predicted b ...
06 Jun, 2012
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Florida Governor Rick Scott Puts State’s Innocence Commission to Death [CORRECTED]
Florida Governor Rick Scott Puts State’s Innocence Commission to Death [CORRECTED]
Florida holds the dubious honor of wrongfully convicting the largest number of innocent people put on death row. Since 1973, the Sunshine State wrongfully incarcerated and released twenty-three people ...
04 Jun, 2012
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